Which version of Ubuntu are you using? Which utility are you using to remove Gwibber? Is it, the Ubuntu software Centre? Is it, Synaptic Package Manager? Is it, the terminal? Synaptic will warn you of the packages that it wants to remove. You can then search for those you do not want removed and with a right click select Unmark. Do this before you click Apply.
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grahammechanicalJan 30 '12 at 21:06

I use ubuntu 11.10, the application software I use is ubuntu center to delete, test them as you say thanks
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roberssJan 31 '12 at 11:04

and using the purge command did not remove ubuntu-desktop software you want to remove ubuntu center??
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roberssJan 31 '12 at 11:06

I also want to remove Gwibber, but when doing the command above, it asks to remove 8 packages, "ubuntu-desktop" being one of them. Ive accidentally removed that before only to screw up my system.
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I Heart UbuntuJan 31 '12 at 18:00

Ho, I didn't saw that... Well, I guess you can't remove Gwibber because it is part of unity itself... That is really strange, if I didn't use social networks I would want to remove it too.
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joelalmeidaptgJan 31 '12 at 18:03

I always uninstall gwibber on our work machines. You should be able to safely remove it. "ubuntu-desktop" is a meta-package that installs all of the packages required for an Ubuntu GUI, but removing it will not uninstall all of those packages.
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reverendj1May 21 '12 at 17:24